#5036 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading
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Check Your Understanding
1.
From the context of the passage, what is the meaning of
preserved?
a. kept from decaying
c. to be afraid of animals
b. used for cooking
d. dried in dirt
2.
From the context of the passage, what can you infer a quiver is used for?
a. a place to keep medicine
c. a way to stop trembling
b. a case used to hold arrows
d. a piece of wood
3.
Which of the following might a scientist conclude from a study of the Iceman and his belongings?
a. People of his time knew how to use animal skins for clothing.
b. Hunting was of major importance in the lives of these people.
c. People suffered from wounds and diseases.
d. all of the above
4.
Which of the following facts would support the proposition that life was very dangerous for
people in the time of the Iceman?
a. The Iceman had several broken bones.
b. The Iceman was wearing tattoos.
c. The Iceman’s last meal had included meat and wheat.
d. The Iceman wore a bearskin hat.
One of the greatest discoveries in the study
of man’s history was the uncovering of the
frozen body of a man in 1991. He was soon
called “The Iceman.” The body had been
well
preserved by ice in the glacier-covered
Alps for about 5,300 years. The man lived
in a period called the Copper Age. Among
the possessions found with the hunter were
a copper ax, flint arrowheads, a wooden
bow, fourteen arrows in a leather quiver,
and bark containers. He carried a pouch
with mushrooms and a fungus. These were
probably used for medicine. He wore a
bearskin hat, a goatskin coat, leather shoes,
and a belt. He also wore a grass cape that
appears to have been warm and able to shed
water during rain or snowstorms.
Scientists studying the body have determined
that he was probably in his late 40s and was
about 5 feet, 2 inches tall. The man had
broken several bones in his life. He suffered
from arthritis and his lungs were black from
smoke. He would have inhaled smoke from
cooking fires all of his life. The hunter had
recently been shot in the left shoulder by an
arrow, which probably caused his death. He
had tattoos on his back, knees, ankles, and
wrist. They were made from rubbing charcoal
into small cuts in the skin. These may have
had some tribal importance. They might have
been related to a religious practice or been
personal body decorations.
From the Past
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